I swear by the runners breathing pantingly,
By the (Steeds) that run, with panting (breath),
By the racers, panting,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والعاديات ضبحا
Chapter 100, 11 verses
I swear by the runners breathing pantingly,
By the (Steeds) that run, with panting (breath),
By the racers, panting,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والعاديات ضبحا
Then those that produce fire striking,
And strike sparks of fire,
And the producers of sparks [when] striking
فالموريات قدحا
Then those that make raids at morn,
And push home the charge in the morning,
And the chargers at dawn,
فالمغيرات صبحا
Then thereby raise dust,
And raise the dust in clouds the while,
Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,
فأثرن به نقعا
Then rush thereby upon an assembly:
And penetrate forthwith into the midst (of the foe) en masse; -
Arriving thereby in the center collectively,
فوسطن به جمعا
Most surely man is ungrateful to his Lord.
Truly man is, to his Lord, ungrateful;
Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.
إن الإنسان لربه لكنود
And most surely he is a witness of that.
And to that (fact) he bears witness (by his deeds);
And indeed, he is to that a witness.
وإنه على ذلك لشهيد
And most surely he is tenacious in the love of wealth.
And violent is he in his love of wealth.
And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.
وإنه لحب الخير لشديد
Does he not then know when what is in the graves is raised,
Does he not know, - when that which is in the graves is scattered abroad
But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered
۞ أفلا يعلم إذا بعثر ما في القبور
And what is in the breasts is made apparent?
And that which is (locked up) in (human) breasts is made manifest -
And that within the breasts is obtained,
وحصل ما في الصدور
Most surely their Lord that day shall be fully aware of them.
That their Lord had been Well - acquainted with them, (even to) that Day?
Indeed, their Lord with them, that Day, is [fully] Acquainted.
إن ربهم بهم يومئذ لخبير